It's astounding to many short sale sellers that they can actually get multiple offers on a short sale. I sell a lot of short sales in Sacramento and, without exception, by ... Read More

Not all real estate exchanges are a 1031 exchange. For example, if a seller is having a difficult time attracting a buyer, that seller might offer to exchange the home for ... Read More

If you've sold your home on a short sale or gone through a foreclosure and watched your FICO score fall, you may believe that you can't buy a home with ... Read More

Asking how many types of home inspections are available to a home buyer is sort of like asking how many flavors of ice cream can you buy. But asking which types ... Read More

Obtaining buyer feedback is crucial when you're selling your home. One of the frequent questions I hear from readers is “Why isn’t my house selling?” Sellers who don’t receive an offer ... Read More

It's exciting when you get your first home showing. Let’s say a buyer knocks at your door and asks to see your home, which is not unusual since you have a ... Read More

Some sellers think that they don't have to clean the house after selling. In fact, just last week, Sacramento buyers discovered the home they had just purchased was left in the ... Read More

Barely a week goes by when a client doesn't ask me to clarify one of the top 10 myths about agents. In the book Freakonomics, author Stephen D. Levitt makes the ... Read More

Some buyer's agents try to discourage their buyers from buying a short sale house. They aren't selective with their advice. These agents tell their buyers not to buy any short sale. ... Read More

Many foreclosure earnest money deposits are handled differently than good faith deposits on regular transactions. To top that off, every REO lender handles its foreclosures differently as well. Buyers rarely know ... Read More

Do you need to hire two agents to buy and sell? Hold the jokes about how many agents it takes to screw in a light bulb, OK? Because I’m going to ... Read More

I venture to guess that most home sellers don't pay a lot of attention to the length of time noted as their listing agreement term; they just sign the listing. Maybe ... Read More

If you need answers about the home buyer tax credit, you've come to the right place. I've been following the legislation like a hawk. Because if home buyers are still sitting ... Read More